ADADBefore those developments this year, Moderna honed its messenger RNA technology on vaccines against other infectious diseases, including Zika and Chikungunya. Moderna has not listed that government support in any patents, despite a requirement in the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act that companies disclose in patent applications when they have received government help, KEI said. Moderna also has not disclosed government involvement in any of 154 pending patent applications, KEI’s report said. DARPA did not say what action it would take but said Bayh-Dole requires disclosure of government funding in patent applications and patents. ADAD``DARPA and Moderna have a well-established and transparent relationship, and Moderna is required to comply with the terms of its funding agreement(s) and any of its subject inventions with DARPA,'' DARPA spokesman Jared Adams said in an email.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2020 11:02 UTC